Ring for curtain



(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EVA DRAUBE, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

RING FOR CURTAIN, MOSQUITO-BAR, AND OTHER POLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,897, dated October 6,1896.

Application filed September 18,1895. Serial No. 562,861. (No model.)

others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of curtain-pole rings which are formed of a single piece of wire and are provided with integral pins; and it has for its general object to provide a ring designed more particularly for connecting a mosquitobar to a pole or frame-bar and one which may be quickly and easily made from a small amount of metal, and which therefore may be produced very cheaply and sold with profit at a small price.

With the foregoing ends in view the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claim, when taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my improved ringin position upon a pole.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken diametrically through the ring, lookin g downwardly. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken diametrically through the ring at one side of the hook.

Referring by letter to said drawings, A indicates a pole or bar such as used in the construction of mosquito-bar frames, and B indicates my improved ring for connecting a mosquito-bar to the pole orbarA. This ring B is made of wire, preferably of light caliber, and in forming the same I first take a piece of such wire of suitable length and form an eye aat one end thereof, as better shown in Figs. 1 and 3. I then bend such eye a into a position at right angles to the length of the piece of wire and then bend the said piece of wire into a circle or approximate circle to form the ring I), which is designed to loosely receive the pole or bar A, as better shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Then the ring I) has been formed as just described, the wire is bent around the portion of wire between the eye a and ring I), as indicated by c, and is then carried slightly forward, as indicated by d, and thence downward, as indicated by e, and upward, as indicated by f, to'form the hook g, which has its free end pointed, as illustrated. The said hook g is designed and adapted to be caught into the linen or other binding of the mosquito-bar, so as to securely connect the same with the ring on the bar A of the frame, and it obviates the necessity of providing the mosquito-bar with tapes connected by sewing, which are necessary when the ring is connected by sewing to the mosquito-bar in the old and wellknown manner.

When the ring B is formed in the manner above described,the eye a efiectually prevents the end of the wire from drawing through the loop 0, and consequently holds the ring 15 intact and effectually prevents the same from being opened and dropping ofi of the pole or bar A. I

Again, the formation described embodies but a minimum amount of wire and effects a strong and durable connection of the hook with the ring and increases the rigidity and thereby reduces the liability of bending at the point where the ring merges into the hook to a minimum, which is a desideratum.

It will be seen from the foregoing that by reason of the ease with which my improved rings may be formed and the small amount of metal employed they may be produced very cheaply and sold with profit for a small price. It will also be seen that the rings with their hooks may be used to advantage for connecting portieres to their poles and similar uses.

I am well aware of the patent granted to one House under date of November 23, 1886, and numbered 352,992, which discloses aportiere-ring formed from a single piece of wire and having a ring formed by forming a pinkeeper at one end of the piece of wire, then bending the wire into a circle and bending it around the pin-keepenand then carrying it downwardly to form a hook, which has a pin sharpened at its free end and adapted to be engaged by the keeper, the said ring also having a series of antifriction-rollers strung thereon. I therefore make no claim to this construction, but

That I claim is The herein-described device made from a the portion cl, and extending at right angles to to the ring I), and having its free end pointed, all as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. I

EVA DRAUBE. W'itnesses:

W. E. DODSWORTH, GEO. H. KOSTMAYER. 

